A/N hey guys, sorry for the wait. I won't take up too much of your time. just answering a question from a review.
Guest: Kumiko can be any of the samurai, not just Nobushi.
Kumiko POV
When Arthur and I teleported back, we saw Vali resting on a rock trying to heal. I walked over to him and took out a healing banner. It was partly my fault he was injured so badly.
"What was that…" he mumbled the question.
I simply sighed before replying with "From the knowledge provided me by the Myre, it should be a Black Prior"
"That wasn't my question" he growled "No matter when I tried to use Albion's ability, it doesn't work"
I walked a bit away before answering him with "Our sacred gear is different and very powerful. Albion, do you remember the war between the Angels, the Fallens and the Devils?"
Two wings appeared on Vali's back as the gear answered my question "I do, I can't forget it"
"How many forces were there?"
Albion thought for a moment before saying "Nearly all the pantheons, and some of them had humans with them. Some powerful ones"
"There were three main factions in that participated in that war, and I have one of them, just like the Blackstone also has one" I then turned to him and said "The samurais of the Myre were with the Youkai Faction, the Vikings of Valkenheim were with the Norse Gods, and the knights of Ashfield were with the angels"
"What's your point?" asked Vali.
"Just like there were two dragon emperors, they are the polar opposite of each other" I replied as I sit next to him "There are few sacred gears that could harm them, but our gears are not like that, you need a Viking or a samurai to harm a knight"
"As interesting as this story is, I have one question," said Arthur while approaching us "Kuroka, Where is she?"
"I thought that she would return with you guys," said Vali.
"And I thought that she had teleported away with you" replied Arthur before that a long and awkward silence placed itself between us.
"She betrayed us" I concluded.
"Too bad," said Bikou, the descendant of Sun Wukong as he was sitting atop of his staff "I was taking a liking to her"
"Don't be like that Bikou" said Lifain Mc Chulainn, a descendant of the legendary Cu Chulainn and the actual wielder of the Spear Gae Bolg "Ye know that ye never had yer chance with her"
We all looked at the Irish girl as she was playing with her red spear.
"If it's the case, then you both need to bring her back," said Vali, completely healed and looking at Bikou and Lifain, he then looked at me "Kumiko, continue to keep an eye on the Red Dragon Emperor, if something happens, contact me"
I nodded. Then someone teleported to us… Cao Cao. Why him? I hate that arrogant bastard.
"Long time no see," he said to us with a smile, a smile that irritated me.
"What do you want Cao Cao?" asked Vali as he walked to him.
"I'm just bringing to you a special gift" he replied while motioning to a Chinese looking brown-haired girl who was hiding behind him to come out. She was wearing a one-piece female dress, which features a frog and two big openings at either side of the hems for convenient movement. The strange thing was the fact that she was looking like a 15-year-old frightened little girl.
"Who's the little las?" asked Lifain as she walked to the girl.
"Her name is Li Niang" replied Cao Cao "She's holding the legacy of the Demon Fist Master of the Bājíquán"
I walked to the girl and, without controlling myself, I started to pet her head while mumbling "Cute" she reminds me of my little sister, always hiding behind mother. I had to stop thinking of that past.
Vali looked at me and, somehow, understood what I felt. He thought before looking at Cao Cao "Why bring her here?"
Cao Cao chuckled before saying "The monastery that was taking care of her, near Shanghai, got attacked by devils and since you already have someone who feels the same, I thought that it would be a good idea to give her a new family"
"I'll talk with Azazel about her, a way to get her in a school and some adoption papers" replied Vali before looking at me "Do you think that you can take care of her?"
I looked at him and nodded "Yes"
Vali smiled before nodding to Arthur who teleported me and Li Niang to my apartment in Kuoh.
"I'll be off, have a good night," he said before going back to Vali.
"Um…" the girl was extremely nervous.
"I'll show you your room," I said while walking toward one of the empty rooms. The room was vast and had only a bed and a desk. I looked at her and said "Let's go shopping tomorrow after school"
The girl, already at awe at the room, looked at me with a big smile and nodded.
-Time skip: Morning at the entrance of Kuoh Academy-
Somehow, I've found that Li Niang has already been enrolled in the school and had a uniform ready, and I'm not surprised. While walking the entrance, I felt the gaze of the Blackstone, but there's the worst problem that I have to deal with.
"A new girl?"
"She looks so cute!"
"I need to date her now!"
"Is she a foreigner?"
My day is far from over. Thankfully, once I show her around the school, I'll get her to her class then I'll go to mine.
-Time skip: lunch in the rooftop-
One thing I love about eating lunch in school is that many things could happen, so I eat on the roof… but even there, I can't have my peace.
"What are you doing here?" asked the Blackstone, standing in front of me.
"The weather's nice, isn't it?" I asked while looking at Li Niang who's completely terrified by him.
"Don't ignore me!" he yelled with frustration. Ahhhhh, so amusing to annoy.
"How was your class today?" I asked Li Niang who nodded while trying to use me to hide from the knight.
"By the way who's she? I never saw her before" he said, trying to get my attention.
I simply ignored him while eating my lunch.
"I got my eyes on you" he warned before leaving me.
"Who was that?" she asked me quietly.
"A girl eater who uses a giant sword" I replied, scaring her further, just to amuse myself "A violent monster who killed many little girls" she screamed again "By a sunny day…" she screamed again, she's now getting scared by reflex… so amusing.
-After school-
POV-Koneko
Buchou told me to go and keep an eye on the girl, while Deven-senpai told me to be cautious when I'm around her. There was also another girl with her, the one who joined my class this morning, and if I remember correctly, her name was Li Niang. I followed them to the mall where Li Niang was picking out clothes, and decorative furniture. After 4 hours, I followed them to a high-class hotel and I saw them getting in a room. Strangely, she left the door open.
"Enter" How did she know that I was following her? "Are you going to come in or just hide there… Shirone?"
When I went in, I saw a large living room and my kidnapper sitting while drinking tea. She motioned me to sit, I just walked slowly making sure that she doesn't try to do something like before.
"So" she began "Are you going to stare at me or you're going to ask me the questions that are burning your mind?"
"Back there, you told me that Senpai is preparing for war, why?"
She sighed before answering "He has Apollyon's will, a sacred gear that has a nasty history with many warmongers and warlords" she took a sip of her tea before adding "That gear isn't like anything that you've seen before, it could push anyone to war, slowly drive them insane with ideas of violence and conflict. even the sanest people can be affected. Each large scale war in history was caused by its effects, from succession wars to large scale invasion, it held importance in creating war whenever it goes"
"But senpai-"
"Is no different" she interrupted me "He may not look like it, but it seems like he's fighting over the control of his body, not just against the gear, but also against the old possessors"
"He won't lose" I'm certain of it.
"I shouldn't be so sure if I were you," she told me "There was only one person in history who resisted the effect of the gear, King Leonidas of Sparta. But, at that time, it caused him to fight the Persian Empire and lost"
No, it couldn't be… senpai is different, he is stronger.
"You need to go back," she told me while looking at the clock that was hanging from the wall "Otherwise, they might think that I kidnapped you, again"
I simply nodded before exiting, but before going away I turned back to her, thanking her, and then I went to the ORC club room.